Pairings: Kol/Bella, Rebekah/Stefan, Klaus/Hayley, Elijah/Davina, Matt/Caroline, Bonnie/Jeremy, Damon/Elena
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries or Twilight nor its characters.
"Dad, it's for the best. I have a good feeling about this." Bella told her dad with a reassuring smile, her eyes bright for the first time in a while.
"I know, bells." Charlie sighed, pulling Bella into a hug in a rare show of emotion.
"It's just hard to let you go — again." Bella winced at the reminder.
"Yeah, I know. This time will be better though, I promise." She said before taking a deep breath, inhaling her fathers' musky forest wood scent, knowing she'd miss it when she left for Mystic Falls.
"I have to go." She whispered into her father's shoulder.
He sighed before letting her go with an awkward kiss on her forehead.
He stayed on the front porch of their small but cozy house where she had lived in since the 6th grade, watching her as she climbed into her black Grand Cherokee. She started up the vehicle before waving to her father with a smile, she truly was excited to see her aunt and cousins in Mystic Falls. It'd be good for her she knew this - she felt it.
He waved back at her with a smile, lifting his mustache up to his nose, looking every bit as happy and sad as she was.
She backed out of the driveway of her home for the past six years and smiled as she imagined the different adventures she'd be pulled into when she entered Mystic Falls. She was nervous to see everyone grown and wondered if they had changed but most of all, for the first time in a long time, she felt ready to start a new chapter in her life. It was time to move on and she realized just how amazing her father was to understand that.
It took a while to get to Mystic Falls, between eating and sleeping it took her about 3 days to get to her aunt's house but when she did, fatigued and all, she gladly received all the excited and eager hugs thrown her way.
"Bells!" Jeremy exclaimed with his hug while his sister rolled her eyes and teased her for taking so long with hers.
"Took you long enough." She said, hugging her tightly.
"Well, I am human, Laney." Bella teased back, using Bella's nickname for Elena from when they were children.
"Whatever." Elena retorted her eyes darting everywhere but at Bella. Weird, she thought — but she'd figure out what was going on because, after all, she was good at that sort of thing.
She smiled it off before turning to look at Jeremy.
"You got tall, little man." She said ruffling his hair loving the familiar scowl he shot her way.
"Yeah well, you haven't grown a bit since we last saw you. I had to grow a couple extra inches to make up for it." He said with a laugh and a wink. Whatever, she wasn't that short.
She glared at him.
"Oh, touchy touchy." He laughed again.
She huffed before turning back towards Elena or where she should've been anyway.
"Jer-bear, where'd 'lana go?" She asked slipping back into their old, childhood names she had dubbed to them.
"Oh, she had to meet up with some friends but she wanted to say hi to you before she left." He said shrugging as he watched his feet shuffle. Ok, now she knew for sure something was up.
"Okay," She drew out, "I'm heading to the shower and then I'm hunting for food. I'll see you when I get back." She said and with a hug, she grabbed her duffle bag and headed upstairs.
